Mexican National Pleads Guilty To Illegal Reentry Into The United States

Tampa, Florida – Acting United States Attorney Sara C. Sweeney announces that Juan Garcia Xinol (27, Mexico) has pleaded guilty to illegal reentry of removed alien. Garcia Xinol faces a maximum penalty of two years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is set for May 23, 2025.

According to court documents, in December 2022, Garcia Xinol was arrested and booked into the Pinellas County Jail for possession of methamphetamine, providing a false name to police officers, and four other Polk County warrants. In May 2024, Garcia Xinol was arrested again by local law enforcement. This time, he was found in the Polk County Jail after he was arrested for a violation of probation relating to a domestic battery.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers determined that Garcia Xinol is a native and citizen of Mexico and that he was originally removed from the United States on October 6, 2020. He is present in the United States without having been admitted or paroled after inspection by an immigration officer.

This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Karyna Valdes and Lindsey Schmidt.